Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Subspecies (9)
Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 23, 2013
Text last updated February 23, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gewone Melba |
| Bulgarian | Зеленокрила сива астрилда |
| Catalan | bec de coral melba |
| Croatian | prugastotrba estrilda |
| Czech | astrild pestrý |
| Dutch | Melba-astrild |
| English | Green-winged Pytilia |
| English (United States) | Green-winged Pytilia |
| Estonian | rohetiib-amadiin |
| French | Beaumarquet melba |
| French (Canada) | Beaumarquet melba |
| German | Buntastrild |
| Icelandic | Klasafinka |
| Japanese | ニシキスズメ |
| Norwegian | grønnvingeastrild |
| Polish | melba pstra |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Maracachão-d'asa-verde |
| Russian | Пёстрый астрильд |
| Serbian | Šarena astrilda |
| Slovak | pytília pestrá |
| Spanish | Estrilda Melba |
| Spanish (Spain) | Estrilda melba |
| Swedish | melbaastrild |
| Turkish | Yeşil Kanatlı Pitilya |
| Ukrainian | Мельба строката |
| Zulu | usantiyane |
Pytilia melba (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla Melba
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.180.
TYPE LOCALITY:
China [= Angola, see Zedlitz, 1916, Journ. f. Ornith., 64, p. 31] ; restricted to Luanda by Clancey, 1962, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, 82, p. 4.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- PYTILIA
- melba
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Green-winged Pytilia
